cheverel

English

Etymology

From Old French chevrele, diminutive form of chèvre (“goat”).

Noun

cheverel

1. (obsolete) Kid, as used to make leather.

Adjective

cheverel (comparative more cheverel, superlative most cheverel)

1. (obsolete) Pliable as kid leather; elastic, flexible, usually with reference to someone's conscience.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.1:

     Now were there any one of so tender or cheverell a conscience, to whome no cure might seeme worthy of so extreame a remedy, I should prise or regard him no whit the lesse.